MindshareViz - For marketers, product developers and venture capitalists who are dissatisfied with traditional trend forecasting and market research reports, MindshareViz is a real-time trend visualization too that reveals consumer intent through online search behavior. i worked with Jason Ring and Chris Yin on this project which was completed in Fall '05. see more here: www.creativeslant.com/projects
Whole Foods Corner - imagine having a Whole Foods close to where you work or live... easily accessible with just the stuff they sell the most of. WF Corner is a solution proposed to help people be healthier while helping Whole Foods grow their business outside of their large stores. i had a great team on this one with Sarah Nelson, Seungho Chung, Hyuniee Jung and Kristian Buschman. the project was executed in Fall '05. see more here: http://www.creativeslant.com/projects.html
om: a next generation media platform - working on om was just a joy. the team was made up of rockstars like Sarah Nelson, Jason Ring, Pamela Nyberg, Sara Louise Todd and Enric Gili Fort. this one page is a diagram of the high level workings of om, a system with more elegance and co-creation power than any currently in existence. there are really only four companies that could pull this off: Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!. at this point, they are off to the races with Apple in the lead.
cubit: flexible storage for teens - was noted as one of the "coolest" designs entered in a contest for Teen Furniture on designboom.
kiku: an exploration in pop-up retail for tweens - pop-up retail is a way for companies to prototype brands and business models. kiku was a project exploring this type of prototyping for the highly fickle tween girl market. this is the cover of the report.
creative.collective - this is an early version of one system concept that came out of a Design Synthesis class with Vijay Kumar. download the whole report here: http://www.creativeslant.com/projects.html
RollingStone Radio - In working as Project Manager and Experience Designer on RollingStone Radio, I managed all aspects of the development of the interactive media player. Responsibilites included the writing of all business, functional and creative requirements, as well as setting project timeline, budget and client communications. RadioWave worked with Nettmedia to art direct and assist with Flash coding.
mercury - The Mercury portable media prototype was built to demonstrate a hybrid model of online, offline and user-selected interactive multimedia content experiences expected with forthcoming handheld and 3G wireless devices. I led the team who designed and developed this prototype. View a movie here: www.creativeslant.com/projects
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Zachary Jean Paradis
Experience Designer | Innovation Strategist Chicago, IL